Union Libérale Israélite de France

The Union Libérale Israélite de France (ULIF), sometimes called the rue Copernic synagogue, is a ReformJewish synagogue, located in Paris, France. Founded in 1907 by Rabbi Louis-Germain Levy, it is the oldest Reform synagogue in France.[1] It has been led by Rabbi Michael Williams since 1978. Since 2012, Rabbi Yosef Kleiner is leading the ULIF.

The bombing was the start of a string of other attacks by Arab terrorists against Jews in Europe; in August 1981, a synagogue in Vienna, Austria, was attacked by Palestinian gunmen, killing two people; in October 1981, three people were killed when a bomb went off in the center of Antwerp, Belgium.[4]